Month: December 2024

All aboard! Look no further if you're seeking a winter adventure to take you across America's best backcountry winter wonderlands.

A new ranking has revealed the top destinations for golfers looking to play during the winter season. Furnace Creek Ranch Golf Course in California claimed the top spot in the analysis conducted by JeffBet. Other notable mentions were all located in the Southwest or Hawaii, where the climate is typically warm.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a breathtaking image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2566. Astronomers use detailed Hubble images to study star clusters and active star-forming regions.

Dangerous surf conditions with waves reaching dozens of feet high are forecast across Hawaii’s northern beaches just as winter-weary travelers may be searching out sun and warm beach weather for the Christmas week break.

While skies were clearing Saturday morning and the region appeared to head toward calmer weather for the weekend, Mother Nature had a few hidden tricks up her sleeve.

Researchers have uncovered a species of ants in South America that actually stems from the wasp family. These ants have a highly specialized structure that minimizes light reflection and maximizes absorption. This coloration is known as ultra-black and is dark enough to absorb nearly all visible light.

National Park Service officials are investigating the whereabouts of a woman after she disappeared from a popular viewing spot at Grand Canyon National Park.

A small and "uncommon" earthquake shook the island of Maui just before 9 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Service